Device for removing corns, &amp;c.



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. F. ALLISON.

DEVICE FOR REMOVING BURNS, 8w.

Patented mm; In; I902. I

(Application filed Aug. 2. 1901.)

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JAMES F. ALLISON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR REMOVING CORNS, C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 702,170, dated June 10, 1902.. Application filed August 2, 1901. Serial No. 70,610. I (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES F. ALLI's0N,a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago,

in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,"

have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Devices for Removing Corns,- &c., of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a simple, safe, and economical device for removing callous .skin from the feet or other portions of the body by means of abr'a-i sion or rubbing, and the base of the rubber or polisher of my invention is so constructed as to serve to retain in place thereon a sheet of abrasive material and at the same time to provide for the holding within itself of a yessel containing oil or other medicinal preparation, cloths, additional sheets of abrasive material, and, in fact, anythin'gjwhich it may be advantageous to use-in the treatment of feet or other portions of the body by my improved device; but although this is the pri mary object I do not desire to limit myself to these particular features, since the baseor body of the rubber or polisheris so constructed that it may be used as areceiver or holder for other articles and for other purposes.

In the drawings illustrating the invention,

Fig. 5, an end view of the rubber with the retaining-caps removed; Fig. 6, a side View of the elastic plate forming the base or body of the rubber or polisher, and Fig. 7 a side View of the invention having the abrasive material removed. a p

In the rubber or polisher of this invention an elasticbase or body A, of 'sp'ringy material, preferably metal sprung'outwardin its normal position, as shown in Figs.'5'and 6,

is used. Aroundthis plate'is mounteda sheet,

of abrasive material B, such. as emery-cloth, so that its two ends I) projec'tbeyondthe edges a of the elastic plate. This arrange' ment not only serves to hold the sheet of abrasive material more firmly in place, but also provides an edge or shoulder 19, whose use will be explained hereinafter. After the abrasive material has been mounted, as above described, and a bottle D or other desirable'vessel has been packed within the base or body of the rubber or polisher the ends a and the shoulders Uare brought together, as shown in Figs. l a'nd.4,.leaving a longitudinal slit B in ,the side of, the tube, and then the retaining-caps C are slipped in place, thus forming a compact cylindrical tube of a suitable and desirable shape for rubbing to remove callous'c'uticle or foreign matter from the skin. On'account of the elastic nature of the spring plate'A-thesame will be held in contracted conditiou bymeans of the retaining-caps, thus holding the caps tightly and firmly on the. ends of the tube and preventing them from being easily removed. It will be noted that the retaining-caps have depressed portions 0 at their inner edges, forming shoulders 0'. These depressed portions serveto engage and retain more firmly the base or body and the abrasive, material mounted thereon,

and the shouldersaid in preventing the inner edges of the retaining-caps from striking and injuring the skin when the rubber or polisher is drawn back and forth, causing the same to be warded or sheered off in its passage over the skin. The caps, moreover, are of such vlengththat they-may be pushed down tightly over the ends of the base or body or drawn outwardly therefrom to a considerable extent, thus lessening or increasing the length of the rubber or polisher and exposing a smaller or larger amount of abrasive material, the ends of the base or body being firmly held in place meanwhile by the contracted portions of the retaining-caps. It will be noted that the edges a of the base or body A do not contact when the parts of the tube-have been assembled as "above described, but that a longitudinalekte'n'ding slit B is left in the side. ",This slit enables, the shoulders I) of the abrasive material-tobe employed in rubbing the'toe' and.

finger nails'andsuch portions of the skinas it will be impossible to reach by means of the [broad roiinded' surface of the rubber or polisher.

Although I have hitherto described the parts as being assembled with the sheet of abrasive material on the outside of the clastic base-plate, it is plain that the same may parts of themselves constitute an operative device that may be used as a retainer or holder of a sheet of abrasive material on the outside and of a bottle of oil or medicine within or may be used as a retainerorholder of suitable objects Within alone regardless of its use as a rubber or polisher for removing hardlgned cuticle or other substances from the s m.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. I11 a device for removing corns, an elastic plate flexible to tubular shape, a sheet of abrasive material adapted to be Wrapped around the elastic plate, and retaining-caps slidable over the ends of the elastic plate and the ends of the abrasive material carried thereon when the same are flexed to tubular shape to clamp the abrasive material to the plate and hold the plate in contracted condition, substantially as described.

2. In a device for removing corns, a split tubular body of springy material, abrasive material mounted thereon, and retainingcaps covering and holding the ends of the tubular body and clamping the ends of the abrasive material carried thereon to the tubular body, substantially as described.

3. In a device for removing corns, a longitudinally-split plain tubular body of springy material, a sheet of abrasive material mounted thereon, and retainingcaps of tubular shape having their inner edges depressed to hold the ends of the tubular body under tension in contracted condition and clamp the ends of the abrasive material smoothly around the body, substantially as described.

4. In a device for removing corns, a longitudinally-split tubular body of springy material, a sheet of abrasive material mounted thereon so that its edges project beyond and are bent down into the longitudinally-split tubular body, and retaining-caps of tubular shape having their inner edges depressed to fit around and hold the ends of the tubular body under tension in contracted relation and to clamp the ends of the abrasive material and hold the same around the body, substantially as described.

5. In a device for removing corns, a longitudinally-split tubular body of springy material, a sheet of abrasive material mounted thereon so that its edges project beyond and are bent down into the longitudinally-split tubular body, and retaining-caps of tubular shape adapted to fit and hold the ends of the tubular body under tension in contracted condition and to clamp the ends of the abrasive material and hold the same around the body, substantially as described.

JAMES F. ALLISON.

WVitnesses:

THOMAS A. BANNING, SAMUEL W. BANNING. 

